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COMMUNICATION  FROM  SECRETARY  OF  TREASURY/ 

' ^  ■  --    TreasuYy  Df'par Intent,  > 

Richmond,  Va.,  December  7,  1864.  ) 

Hon.  Thoma3  S.  Bocock, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives  : 

Sir:  In  answer  to  the  resolution  of  the  House  of  Representatives, 
adopted  on  the  9th  ultimo,  requesting  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
to  inform  the  House  what  amount  of  claims  from  each  of  the  States 
has  been  paid,  or  allowed,  under  the  act  of  June  14,  1864,  "to  pro- 
vide for  the  establishment  and  payment  of  claims  for  certain  descrip- 
tions of  property  taken  or  informally  impressed  for  the  use  of  the 
army,"  I  have  the  honor  herewith  to  submit  the  report  of  the  Second 
Auditor,  furnishing  the  information  required. 
Very  respectfully, 

Q.  A.  TRENHOLM, 
Secretary  of  Treasury. 


REPORT  OF  SECOND  AUDITOR. 

Treasury-  Department,      ) 
,  Second  Auditor's  Office,  Nov.  12,  1864.  J 

Hon.  G.  A.  Trenholm, 

Secretary  of  the  Treasury  : 

Sir  :  In  response  to  the  resolution  of  the  House  of  Representatives, 
adopted  on  the  9th  instant,  requesting  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
to  inform  the  House  what  amount  of  claims  from  each  of  the  States 
has  been  paid,  or  allowed,  under  the  act  of  June  14,  1864,  "to  pro- 
vide for  the  establishment  and  payment  of  claims  for  certain  descrip- 
tions of  propcjrty  taken  or  informally  impressed  for  the  use  of  the 
army,"  I  have  the  honor  to  report,  that  the  only  claims  reported 
by  the  agents  of  the  Confederate  States,  under  said  act,  are  as  follows  : 

A.  S.  Nicholson,  agent  seoond  Congressional  district  of  Alabama. 


Ten  ciaiuis   receiyed  the  27th  ni'  r^tntU^uu <:■,•.  ^nA   tliirty-^eveu    sluoe 
the  1st  of  November,  1864. 

Charles  D.  Fontaine,  second  G.)ii  •>;  ^llS!JJ^^^ls.■Mjl|^, 

Fifty  one  claims  received  sinfc  th'  ISG4. 

B.  J\in;i.  ai'ent  fourth  '       • 
humircd  and  twelve  claii  i 

These  are  ail  of  the  cluims  reported  since  th 
Congress.     Two  have. Iieen  reported  to  the  Couiut.- i.. ,  c..i   ...  ,  ,     ./ 
them  have  been  fo  recentlj  received  that  no  action  has  yet  been  taken 
in  regard  to  liicm.     Since  the  latter  part  of  SeptC:  '       ' 
part  of  the  clerical  Force  of  this  office  has  been  in  ;  . 

Htill  retained  on  military  duty. 

I  ■will   audit  'i"^-"   ■>/•/. .-..mf,  o.'   fipeedily  a=   r^r-.t-Mnlr.    nnder  the  cir- 
cumstances. 

I  have  tlic  iionor  to  be.  very  respectfully,  touvs, 

VV.  11.  S.  TAYLOR,  Auditor. 


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